Improvement in horse-powers



J'. & H. KOLLING.

HORSE-POWER.

Patented May 29,1877.

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N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D G.

' To all whom at may concern Be it known that we, JOHN KOLLING and UNITED; STATES PATENT Orrron.

JOHN KOLLI NG AND HENRY KOLLING, OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, lLL.

' IMPROVEMENTIN HORSE-POWERS.

Specitication forming partof Letters Patent No. 191,442, dated May 29, 1877; application filed April 20, 1877.

HENRY KOLLING, of Arlington Heights, in

' q the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have made new and useful Improvements in Horse- Powers, of which the following is a true and accurate description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ma.- chine. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same, showing the arrangement of the gearing. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalvertical section through the center; and Fig. 4 is a detached end view 1 of one of the shoulder-brackets N.

A is a rectangular wooden frame, composed of two longitudinal beams, and a series of cross-beams. B is the main tumbler-coupling shaft, journaled in. two bearings b b, which are bolted to the cross beams in the frame, and O is the bevel-pinion, secured upon -one end of the shaft, while its opposite projecting end is. squared for the tumbler-shaft coupling. D is another shaft, placed below and parallel with the shaft B, also having a projecting squared end, and'receiving its motion from a spur-wheel, c, secured to shaft B, and meshing with the pinion d,'secured upon shaft D, so that oneshaft turns faster than the other, the object of which is, that as more or less speed is required for the machine to be driven,-

the tumbler-shaft may be coupled to either shaft B or D. Y

The bevel-wheel E,-which meshes with pinion 0, is cast in one piece with pinion c; This rotates upon a hollow central pin, f, being part of the spider-frame F, which latter has three radial arms with flanged ends, firmly secured to the beams in frame A, and each arm provided with a hub, g, on its top face, having a screw-threaded hole in its center.

, ;An auxiliaryframe, G, the central bore of which passes over the pin f, is secured to the spider-frame F by-three pins, h, the bottom ends of which are screwed into the hubs g. These pins h form the fulcrums for the three intermediate gear-wheels H, which are placed around the pinion e at equal distances apart, and which transmit the motion from the internally-geared master-wheel I, surrounding and matching with these intermediate wheels.

' Said master-wheel I has an external flange riding upon a series of carrier-wheels, i, which are pivoted in suitable boxes upon the top of the frame A. The iron brackets K are also secured upon the top of the frame A, the upper edges of which overlap the flange of the master-wheel, and act as guards to prevent lifting the same out of its position. The hub L is bored to fit upon the upper end of pin f, where it is secured by a nut, I. It has four sockets cored into its exterior face to receive and hold the ends of the sweeps X, and. carries a disk, M, having stirrups m near its periphery for securing it to the sweeps. Four angular brackets, N, are secured upon the master-wheel rim at equal distance apart, as shoulders or yokes for the sweeps X. Each of these brackets N has a hook to the end of its foot-plate for coupling one end of the bracerod 0, the opposite end of which is secured to the end of the sweep next preceding. The tug-beams P are pivoted at 19 upon the ends of the sweeps. Their ends g, by means of the rod Q, are connected to the corners of a yielding frame-work composed of four rods, R, R R and R linked together at their ends, while to the ends S of the tug-beams the horses are to be hitched.

By this arrangement the draft-power of the horses on the several sweeps is equalized, since the strongest horse will draw its t-ugbeam out of the radial line, thereby shortening the purchase-leverage.

T is a hand-lever, hinged at t upon the hub L. This lever, in forcing it downward, impinges upon the end of a pin,u, passed through the hole in center-pin f, and rests upon one end of the lever V, which, on its center, is pivoted to the bottom of the spider-frame F, while to its opposite end, 4), is shaped a brakeshoe, to apply friction upon the hub of bevelpinion G. The lever V is counterpoised by a leaf-spring, W, also secured to the bottom of spider-frame F.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a horse-power, the arrangement of two shafts, B and D, of different velocities, either one to couple with the tumbling-shaft, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specilied.

2. The combination of shaft B, having pin termediate wheels H, pinion e, shaft B, and bevel-wheels 0 and .0, and shaft D, having pinion d, all constructed and arranged within a frame, A, in the manner described and shown.

JOHN KQLLING. HENRY KOLLI'N G.

Witnesses:

WM. H. LOTZ, EMIL H. FROMMANN. 

